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05:16 13 march 2018

05:16 13 march 2018 Source:
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On the 29th anniversary of the founding of the World Wide Web , British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee—the inventor of the internet as we know it and a "The fact that power is concentrated among so few companies has made it possible to weaponize the web at scale," he warns , pointing to how

The inventor of the world wide web , Sir Tim Berners-Lee (not Al Gore), has a dire warning over the concentration of power among a few calls for powerful "new gatekeepers" - internet platforms and social media companies - to be regulated to prevent the internet from being " weaponized at scale."

In a letter posted online Monday, the 29th birthday of the WWW’s 1989 invention, Berners-Lee said “misinformation and questionable political advertising” hosted on major social networking websites—who are the “new set of gatekeepers”—have changed the web significantly from its initial conception. He called for increased regulation.

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The inventor of the world wide web , Tim Berners-Lee (not Al Gore), has a dire warning over the concentration of power among a few “new gatekeeper” companies on the internet “controlling which ideas are shared…”

The internet as we know it, initially funded in the 1960s by the U.S Department of Defense, is now dominated by a handful of platforms such as Google and Facebook, who feed on the personal information of web users from around the world.

The concentrated power of these firms, Berners-Lee said, is cause for concern. “We’ve looked to the platforms themselves for answers,” he wrote.

“Companies are aware of the problems and are making efforts to fix them—with each change they make affecting millions of people. The responsibility—and sometimes burden—of making these decisions falls on companies that have been built to maximize profit more than to maximize social good. A legal or regulatory framework that accounts for social objectives may help ease those tensions.”

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SIR Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web , is calling for tech giants to be regulated to prevent the internet from being " weaponised at scale". In an open letter to mark the web 's 29th birthday, Berners-Lee warned that "power is concentrated" among just a few companies

Companies and governments “trying to take control of the internet ” are undermining the founding principles of the web , Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned .

Under his title as director of the Web Foundation, the British computer expert said the divide between those who have access to the internet and those who don’t is “deepening existing inequalities.” In 2016, the United Nations (UN) ruled that access to the internet and protected online freedom was a human right.

Berners-Lee stated that tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter now have control over which ideas and opinions are seen and shared online. He called for computer experts to “be a little more creative” in solving these problems.

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Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web , pictured in April 2012, warned governments that attempts to block the Internet were doomed to failure due to its scattered structure.

Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web , on Wednesday warned governments that attempts to block the Internet were doomed to failure “In order to be able to turn the whole thing off or really block, suppress one particular idea then the countries and governments would have to get

“Dominant platforms are able to lock in their position by creating barriers for competitors,” he wrote. “They acquire startup challengers, buy up new innovations and hire the industry’s top talent. Add to this the competitive advantage that their user data gives them and we can expect the next 20 years to be far less innovative than the last. What’s more, the fact that power is concentrated among so few companies has made it possible to weaponize the web at scale.

“We’ve seen conspiracy theories trend on social media platforms, fake Twitter and Facebook accounts stoke social tensions, external actors interfere in elections, and criminals steal troves of personal data.” He concluded: “I want to challenge us all to have greater ambitions for the web. I want the web to reflect our hopes and fulfill our dreams, rather than magnify our fears and deepen our divisions.”

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